Before last night, I possessed only the faintest of memories. But now I have been reborn.

I must possess the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Located at 1808 Maryland Avenue, the American Dime Museum follows the history of 19th century collections of flotsam and jetsam and their evolution into the traveling sideshow. Named after the entry fee in these original establishments, the American Dime Museum still seems a reasonable bargain at five dollars. Where else can you see two-headed ( Read more... )

I finally got around to uploading all the images from the Kitsch Tour (actually, not all but I tried to create a vaguely interesting overview). Technically, I did not take one of the photos, but instead chose to include it for the purposes of juxtaposition (I'm sure you can determine which it is).

( Sixteen images from the Kitsch Tour... )

( It's a pretty long one. )

Today was the so-called Kitsch Troll. It was twelve and a half hours of boozing, two-thirds scale religious replicas, and entertainment so bad it's good. Included among the sights were the catacombs beneath the Franciscan monastery, a viewing of the gayest Jesus ever, a fifteen second peek at a Masonic replica of the Ark of the Covenant, a tiki bar ( Read more... )

It's hard coming back to work after a weekend of actual social interaction. Actually, I suppose it was little more than one day, one long, unending, exhausting day.

5:30 AM - The blipping of my Visor woke me up from one of several stretches of sleep throughout the night. Friday had been the high schoolers' prom and the kiddies, while not ( Read more... )